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The Washington Post’s editorial board has endorsed Councilmember Muriel Bowser for mayor, complimenting her for being “confident without being arrogant” and faulting the temperament of her closest opponent, Councilmember David Catania.

Muriel Bowser, Ward 4’s representative on the council and the Democratic nominee, is the candidate best prepared to provide that leadership. We endorsed her in the primary but acknowledged it was not an easy choice because of the capable opponents then running against her. We faced no such dilemma this time. Neither council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) nor former council member Carol Schwartz comes close to Ms. Bowser in temperament, work ethic, ideas, policy understanding and balanced approach.

Catania “has been on the wrong side of many important issues,” according to the editorial board, including on building Nationals Park with public money: “That Mr. Catania seems unable to concede he might have been wrong is all the more troubling.”

In 2010, the Post’s ed board endorsed incumbent Adrian Fenty in the primary against now Mayor Vince Gray.